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If the Blood on the Tracks Express train ride or the Hard Rain in Duluth benefit concert hasn't made you rush to the North Country this week for Bob Dylan's 72nd birthday, at least give Hibbing and Duluth credit for finally getting excited about their most famous native son.

Minnesota's move to raise $2.1 billion in new taxes, largely from the wealthy, to fund government programs puts it among a handful of states controlled by Democrats that are adopting more liberal fiscal policies at a time when many Republican-dominated statehouses are pushing to cut taxes.

Minnesotans who go online to shop will soon have to pay the same state sales tax they pay at brick-and-mortar retailers.

Pictured: Two boys, 9 and 10, killed in Minnesota landslide after elementary school fossil hunt turns deadly injuring two others The fourth-grader was completely buried when rain-soaked gravel at a Minnesota park gave way during a school field trip Two young boys killed after a rockslide poured over them during a school field trip to a Minnesota ... (more)

In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday said there were a total of 201 flu-related deaths during the 2012-13 influenza season.

Gov. Mark Dayton has line-item vetoed to strike two provisions from a bill that distributes sales-tax money by way of state grants for the outdoors, parks and trails and arts and cultural programs.

Seven million college students are on track to see their federal loan rates double this year unless Congress acts ahead of a July 1 deadline when subsidized Stafford loan rates will increase from 3.4% to 6.8%. The U.S. House will vote Thursday on a Republican plan to head off the increase inspired by an unlikely source: President Obama.

The Minnesota State Patrol website says it happened just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday near the junction of Highway 12 and 12th Avenue.

3, 2012. "She's strong enough to share the load with me, said Sobiech. . Zach Sobiech, left, plays guitar as his friend Samantha "Sammy" Brown,foreground, sings a song they wrote earlier that night called 'Star Hopping' in Lakeland, Minn., on Dec.

All three judges on the culinary reality show "Masterchef" agreed that Minneapolis delivery driver Jordan Roots' ancho chile tostada was worthy of one of the 40 spots in the competition.

The group that pushed Minnesota lawmakers to legalize gay marriage invested more than $2 million in its successful lobbying effort.

UPDATE: 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013 After more than ten hours of debate, the daycare unionization measure passed the Minnesota House of Representatives by a 68-66 vote on May 20.

Nothing else. At least for now. But, that is a big change that came about from the recent sale of Detke-Morbac, the John Deere dealership in Blue Earth.

Ryan Schmidt, 12, of Woodbury, left, and his grandfather Tom Schmidt of Mendota Heights peered into the already deserted and locked Senate chambers while visiting the Capitol in St.

A $15.7 billion education package that will "make life easier" for working parents, according to the bill's supporters, now awaits Minnesota Gov.

Top Minnesota lawmakers purposely delayed the start of a new sales tax on warehousing services until next April in case they need to revise or undo it before then.

Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, spoke passionately against the daycare unionization bill on the House floor.

Sensory overload is a way of life. Minnesotans are plugged in, turned on and always connected, but sometimes people just need to tune out and de-stress. KARE 11 asked its Facebook fans to weigh in on where they go to relax.

Minnesota's Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Kris Eide said she is moved by the news of the tragedy.

The Washington County attorney is about to try two high-profile murder cases, including a controversial one in Little Falls.